Libya's self-proclaimed government in Tripoli is grateful to Russia for its consent and readiness to help the crisis-hit Libya in its fight against terrorism, Prime Minister Khalifa Ghawi told Sputnik on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Tripoli government's delegation held a meeting with the Russian Foreign Ministry's officials in Moscow.

"We have asked the international community, and first of all, Russia, an important country helping the Libyan people to confront terrorism and radicalization, to provide logistical and military support in the fight against terrorism. The Russian response was that they were ready to help any country [in this respect]," Ghawi said after the meeting.

Libya has been in a state of civil war since the 2011 overthrow of the country's long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi.

At present, there are two rival governments operating in the country, one based in the city of Tobruk and the other in Tripoli. Earlier this month, a peace deal was signed in Morocco by some members from the rival parliaments.

Amid the instability and the civil war Libya has seen the emergence of numerous militant groups, including the Islamic State, or Daesh.

Since September 30, Moscow has been conducting pinpoint airstrikes on Daesh in Syria at President Bashar Assad's request. Daesh is outlawed in Russia.

Comment: Russia seems to be the country that has to clean up the mess that the West creates. The US murdered Gaddafi, which created the current conditions in Libya. Libya knows that the US isn't interested in making any real progress fighting ISIS, while Russia has put a serious dent in ISIS infrastructure in Syria. Maybe the US should just get out of the Middle East and let the adults in Russia handle things.

Reader Comments

Make that "dent" equal to "extermination worldwide". The U.S. should get out of everywhere
and get back to taking care of all of its 51 States in order to avoid collapse on the inside. The U.S. government, or rather those who appoint it haven't seen that this is a much bigger danger.